animalistic

adjective

Definition of animalisticnext
as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal with animalistic fury the boxer tore into his opponent

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  1. brute
  2. brutal
  3. feral
  4. bestial
Adjective
  • But college football has changed to a game of speed and skill rather than a game of brute force.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Her acuity gives equal weight and immediacy to both the intangible reality of human relationships (the social hierarchies among children in a cancer ward, say) and the brute force of physical experience.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of brute
Adjective
  • Thousands of prisoners have now been freed, many after decades of incarceration in brutal conditions.
    Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Winter's brutal grip is continuing Friday for millions across the eastern U.S. as temperatures remain well below average.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of brutal
Adjective
  • Many feral cats rely on food scraps, garbage, or deliberate feeding by well-meaning individuals, which buffers them from natural selection pressures like starvation.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Borisov artfully underplays the progression: He’s taken aback by her feral resistance, amused by her spirit, then really sees her.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of feral
Adjective
  • Eggers certainly loves the guy, and Skarsgård’s ultra-committed performance allows the film to enjoy a contagious pleasure in returning the vampire archetype to its more bestial origins.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The rape/bestial fetish is framed as a fantasy imagined by a woman, curiously beginning as an assault.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
Definition of bestial
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